Speech was given to the ordinary sort of men, whereby to communicate their mind; but to wise men, whereby to conceal it.
Innocence is like polished armor; it adorns and defends.
Abstinence is the great strengthener and clearer of reason.
A true friend is the gift of God, and He only who made hearts can unite them.
Anger is a transient hatred; or at least very like it.
Guilt upon the conscience, like rust upon iron, both defiles and consumes it, gnawing and creeping into it, as that does which at last eats out the very heart and substance of the metal.